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Key takeaways from These are the 3 types of mental downtime your brain needs

Targeting different sources of mental fatigue can help make your time away from work be more restorative.

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When you get away from work and feel this kind of exhaustion, you might want to recharge by engaging in activities in which you allow the world to drive your thinking rather than having to be internally driven in what you do.

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